Thousands of women are expected to attend the Women's March on Washington on Saturday. Demonstrators are hoping to a send a message to government and the incoming administration to protect the rights of women and their communities.

Hundreds of people will gather for a sister march in Annapolis on Saturday.

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"The whole point of this is coming together, unity and showing our diversity because it is the differences that we celebrate and that make us who we are," Eve Hurwitz said.

Hurwitz is organizing a sister march in Annapolis.

"There's a lot of national and international fear right now with a lot of the events of the last few months. Rather than continuing a rhetoric of fear and hate, we're choosing to say, 'You know what, there is absolutely hope,'" Hurwitz said.

National march organizers said on their website: "The Women's March on Washington will send a bold message to our new government on their first day in office, and to the world, that women's rights are human rights."

"We stand together, recognizing that defending the most marginalized among us is defending all of us," Hurwitz said.

Hurwitz is asking everyone to wear purple to Saturday's march in Annapolis.

"It's a largely purple country, and when you bring that red and blue together and have that purple, it reminds people that we're about unity," Hurwitz said.

Sister marches are also being held in Baltimore City, Frederick and dozens of other cities across the country.

"We have a lot of voices of people who believe in hope and peace and love, and we're here to normalize love and normalize peace and positivity," Hurwitz said.

Saturday's march in Annapolis will start at 11 a.m. at the city dock. Organizers said about 650 women are expected to attend.